Fibula Bone Location. You can feel the presence of this bone by touching the front portion of your lower leg just below the knee. The tibia is much thicker than the fibula.
The location of the bone to be harvested depends on the distance of the defect from the fibula bone on the size of the defect and on the location of the nutrient vessel supplying the fibula bone the nutrient vessel is included if possible but it is not required for a successful reconstruction. It is found next to another long bone known as the tibia. It is commonly known as calf bone running parallel to the tibia.
More precisely it is situated on the distal side of the femur and the proximal side of the talus of the foot.
According to popular belief it is named so because when fibula pairs with the tibia it looks like the safety pin of a brooch. The fibula is a slender cylindrical leg bone that is located on the posterior portion of the limb. Majority of foramina were directed distally. It is the smaller of the two bones and in proportion to its length the most slender of all the long bones.
